The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens living on the meager nearby money, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is simply unknown.
